August 31, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday declined to intervene in a fee dispute between three former law partners, two of whom say the third has bilked them out of tens of thousands of dollars in proceeds from the Flint water crisis litigation.
August 28, 2023
Two attorneys asked a Michigan federal judge Friday to intervene and stop their former partner from making off with a $1 million fee in the Flint water crisis litigation, telling the court her efforts violate an agreement they reached when their firm split in 2017.
July 19, 2023
A Michigan federal judge said Wednesday that an engineering firm facing negligence claims for its alleged role in the Flint water crisis must share some of its communications with public relations firms, ruling the consultants were tasked with influencing public opinion rather than helping with litigation.
July 13, 2023
The state of Michigan is urging the judge presiding over Flint water crisis litigation to deny residents' request for $5 million in settlement funds to be set aside for the future litigation expenses, with the state saying the settlement "was never intended to be a litigation fund for plaintiffs' counsel."
July 07, 2023
An engineering firm that assisted Flint, Michigan, in its catastrophic attempt to change its drinking water supply has reached a confidential settlement in principle with a class of city residents and individual plaintiffs to resolve all federal and state negligence claims.
July 05, 2023
A class of Flint, Michigan, residents says engineering firms the city consulted to evaluate water quality and treatment should not be able to get out of professional negligence claims, arguing that the firms' relationship with the city extended to its residents and created a duty to warn them that the water was unsafe.
April 19, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday cautioned attorneys for Veolia North America against challenging every expert a class of Flint residents intends to call in its upcoming trial about the city's water crisis, urging the engineering company's counsel not to repeat tactics that she said took up too much time last year.
March 21, 2023
A Michigan state judge has signed off on the historic $626 million settlement between Flint residents and government officials, marking the latest step in resolving sprawling litigation over lead contamination in the city's drinking water.
March 08, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday declined to sanction attorneys and an expert for a class of Flint residents for allegedly spoiling evidence from pipes connected to the Flint water crisis, ruling the pipes were not destroyed by the expert's examination.
March 01, 2023
The Michigan Supreme Court this year could determine the fate of voter-approved minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, affecting every single employer in the state, along with the future of slip-and-fall litigation in one of the snowiest parts of the country.